pichiciago
[ pich-uh-see-ah-goh, -ey-goh ]
/ ˌpɪtʃ ə siˈɑ goʊ, -ˈeɪ goʊ /
noun, plural pich·i·ci·a·gos.
any of several small armadillos of the genera Chalmyphorus and Burmeisteria, of southern South America.
Also
pich·i·ci·e·go
[pich-uh-see-ey-goh] /ˌpɪtʃ ə siˈeɪ goʊ/.
Origin of pichiciago
1815–25; < American Spanish
pichiciego < Araucanian
pichi small + Spanish
ciego blind (< Latin
caecus)
Words nearby pichiciago
piccolo,
piccoloist,
pice,
piceous,
pich,
pichiciago,
pichiciego,
picinni,
pick,
pick 'n' mix,
pick a bone with
Example sentences from the Web for pichiciago
No animal is better protected by nature from its enemies than the pichiciago, whose scientific name is chlamyphorus truncatus.
The Human Side of Animals |Royal DixonFinally we have the pichiciago, or fairy armadillo, Chlamydophorus truncatus, typifying the subfamily Chlamydophorinae.